Juventus match their own record

Max Allegri’s side become only the sixth to win their first eight Serie A games of the season and the fourth iteration of Juventus to achieve it.

The Bianconeri have a 100 per cent record after eight rounds thanks to today’s 2-0 victory over Udinese at the Dacia Arena. It is a streak that has only been put together on five previous occasions, most recently Napoli last season. Roma also had the perfect start in the 2013-14 campaign, but all the other teams to have done this wore the Juventus jersey.

The Old Lady won in 1930-31, 1985-86, 2005-06 and in 2018-19. No other side in Europe’s top five leagues has been able to win the opening 10 games of this current campaign (including the Champions League). Perhaps even more surprisingly, Juve and Borussia Dortmund are the only teams still unbeaten in all competition.